Marion Planning Board — July 6, 2026

The Marion Planning Board met on July 6, 2026, to conduct regular business and hold a public hearing on a site plan review application. Early in the meeting, the board unanimously approved the meeting minutes from June 15th with corrections, and voted unanimously to approve an invoice of $1,354.20 from Field Engineering for peer review work related to 78 Wareham Road (Toll Brothers).

The primary focus of the meeting was an application from Sippican Holdings LLC for a site plan review at 14 Barnabas Road (Map 24, Lot 44). Engineer Jeff Koutros of SciTech Engineering and applicant Justin Downey presented plans to repurpose a former commercial office facility into a 50-unit multifamily residential community (20 one-bedroom and 30 two-bedroom units). Key changes since the pre-submission meeting included demolishing a connector vestibule to create two separate buildings with enhanced emergency access, expanding parking to 98 spaces (part of 488 campus-wide spaces), and installing upgraded stormwater infiltration systems.

Board members raised questions regarding pedestrian sidewalk connections to Route 6, traffic trip generation, site lighting at curb cuts, dumpster locations and recycling, snow storage, fire pump separation, and several requested stormwater and tree survey waivers. Town Planner Doug participated remotely regarding engaging a peer review engineer. The board voted to authorize the chair to approve the peer engineering review proposal and scope, and voted unanimously to continue the public hearing to August 3, 2026, to allow time for peer review and plan revisions.

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